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N-VA MPs are moderately satisfied with the update of Belgium’s Strategic Vision for Defence: “There could have been more to it”

22 June 2021

The strategic committee, a team of experts appointed by Federal Defence Minister Ludivine Dedonder to update the Strategic Vision, has submitted its recommendations to the Parliamentary Defence Committee. N-VA MPs Theo Francken, Peter Buysrogge and Darya Safai see possibilities in the text. “This …

“Bilingual services in Brussels municipalities must improve”

21 June 2021

Since 2015, only five of the 19 Brussels municipalities have taken up the offer of the Huis van het Nederlands to improve the bilingualism of their staff. Flemish MP Annabel Tavernier, who requested the figures from the Flemish minister for Brussels Benjamin Dalle (CD&V), thinks that number is too …

N-VA proposal for minimum knowledge of Dutch or French among social tenants rejected by Brussels majority

18 June 2021

The coronavirus crisis has clearly revealed that many people living in Brussels do not speak Dutch or French and are therefore very difficult to reach. It is therefore our task to encourage and help these people to master at least one of the official languages of Brussels. That is why the Brussels …

Pandora’s box has been opened: neutrality is now under threat in Brussels

17 June 2021

The Brussels government decided today not to appeal against the STIB-MIVB’s conviction for discrimination after a woman was refused employment because she was wearing a headscarf. “It is incomprehensible how lightly the Brussels government treats the neutrality of our government. One would expect …

A lot of illegal migration despite the coronavirus crisis, but zero tackling of it

17 June 2021

Despite the coronavirus crisis and the closed borders, 4,238 illegal transmigrants were intercepted by our police forces in 2020. Just under 7% (282) of these transmigrants were transferred to a closed centre. This is to be seen in a written question from federal representative Yoleen Van Camp …

Assita Kanko on the EU-US Summit: “Sleepy Joe doesn’t exist, but Sleepy EU does”

15 June 2021

As a member of the European Parliament delegation responsible for relations with the United States, MEP Assita Kanko has high hopes for transatlantic relations and the EU’s position on the world stage. “The EU urgently needs to wake up. ‘The United States are back,’ Joe Biden insists. Sleepy EU …

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